Oxford Business English Dictionary for Learners of English

wind farm /'wind fa:m; AmE -fa:rm/ noun [C] an area of land on which there are a lot of structures (turbines) for producing electricity

without wires; using radio signals rather than wires: a wireless modem о Professionab need secure wireless access to company data while away from the office, о a wireless communications company ► wirelessly adverb: to connect wirelessly to the Internet

.wireless 'Internet {also .wireless 'Web) noun [u; sing.]

{IT) a system that enables people to communicate with the Internet using a mobile phone or other device that is not connected to anything by wires .-» WAP

wireline /'waidlam; AmE 'waidrl-/ adjective, noun

adjective [only before noun]

used to describe a system, a device or technology that uses telephone wires: wireline communications/networks

• work /w3:k; AmE W3:rk/ verb, noun

verb

[no obj] to have a job: Both my parents work, о Do you work full-time or part-time? о She works for an engineering company, о He works as a programmer.

[+ obj or no obj] to do sth that involves physical or mental effort, especially as part of your job:

(often used in compounds) a person who works, especially one who does a particular kind of work: The research showed that 40% of clerical workers suffer headaches and tiredness at work, о The plant has 1400 workers. See note at chairman

О assembly-line/factory/farm/manufacturing/ production workers ♦ full-time/part-time/temp/ temporary workers ♦ agency/casual/freelance/self- employed workers ♦ blue-collar/manual/white- collar workers ♦ private-sector/public-sector workers ♦ semi-skilled/skilled/unskilled workers

a person who is employed to do physical workrather than organizing things or managing people: talks between workers and management о profit- sharing and worker participation in decision-making

(usually after an adjective) a person who works hard or who works in a particular way

О о good/hard/productive/quick/steady worker

[1] [c] a thing that sb says or writes giving their opinion or stating a fact: She made sei'eral interesting points at the meeting, о I take your point

= understand and accept what you are saying. О make raise a point ♦: discuss,'get across, prove a point

[2] (Commerce) a statement of how much a particular piece of work will cost: Price quotations may take weeks to receive. See note at quote

О to give(sb)/prepare/provide (sb with)/submit a quotation ♦ to accept/ask for/get a quotation

[3] [u; sing.] the act of making sth available to the public such as a new product or new information: The release of the report was delayed, о The new software is scheduled for release in January.

[C, usually pi.] a supply of sth that is available to be used in the future or when it is needed: large coal/gas/oil reserves о The company has substantial reserves of capital, о Soon the reserves of coal will be exhausted.

(Economics) reserves [pi.] the foreign currency, gold, etc. that is held by the central bank of a country: Russia's gold and foreign currency reserves were $84.6 billion, о The euro will rival the dollar as the main currency for central bank reserves.

foreign exchange reserves

(Accounting) [C, usually pi.] profits that a company has made and keeps as part of its capital and does not pay to shareholders: The company has cash reserves of $88 million, о Their low reserves and large debts raised questions about their ability to survive.

capital reserve